Tag or sign holder



TAG OR SIGN HOLDER Filed Oct. l, 1950 BY llzanr cZG'ee.

. ATTORNEY SYRACUSENY v 10 lsupportingplate.

Patented July 28, 1931 `UN'IE'D STATES PATENT OFFICE JACB onns'rnn A NnWILLIAM J. GBE, on sYn'AcUsE', NEW Yong:

TAG R SIGN HOLDER Appnca'mm flied october 1, 1930. serial No. 485,743.

y This linvention rrelates to a tag or sign holder. An object of theinvention is the provision of a tag or sign holder in which a licenseplate, tag, or sign and lamp housings are 4simultaneously locked to asupporting structure sorthat when the locking means is released the tag,licenseV plate, or sign and the housings maybe readily removed from theAnother object of theinvention is the provisifonofatag, licenseV plate,or sign holder in which a supporting plate is adapted to be secured in afixed position in accordance with the'construction described and claimedin ourv copending application, Serial No. 375,234, -iled July 1, 1929,fthe plate being adapted to 'removably supporta pair-of vlamp housingsupon'opposite sides of a frame which is'adapted to removably secure thehousings', license plate, or tag, to the plate.

A further object of the invention is the provision of aftg licenseplate, or sign holder of a` llznockdown construction, to which aplurality of lamp housings are re- 41 rirv-a-lilyico'rfnected by a framethat is locked tothesupporting plate with the frame ret' a i ni n', thetag, licenseplate, or sign against v'unauthcriaed removal, the lampvhousings "being'piovided with windows upon which matt'er'is adapted toVbe inscribed, certain "of the windows 'providing for the transmis- `sionof light upon the sign, tag, or license ',platej" l f 'flhis`v inventionv 'will be best understood 'from aconsideration of the followingdetaileddescription, in view of the accompanyfingdrawings forming a partof the specification; nevertheless it is to be understood thattheinvention is not confined to the disclosure, being susceptible of suchchanges and modifications which shall define no mater-tial departurefrom the salient features of the4 invention as expressed in the appendedclaims In the drawings: -Fi'gure 1 is a view in elevation of a tagholder constructedl in 'accordance with the 'o'principlesefourinvention,

horizontal section taken along the line 2-2 of Figure 1, i

Figure 3 is a section taken along the line 3.-?) of Figure l, y

. Figure 4 is a view in perspective of theH 5 loier housing attachedtothe tag holder, an

Figure 5 is a fragmentary-view in perspective of one corner of thesupporting plate. l

Referringmore particularly to the draw` ings, designates a supportingplate having a peripheral bead 11 projecting laterally outwardlytherefrom for Va purpose which will be presently described. The shape ofthe plate may be of any suitable configuration. In this instance,however, the plate is elongated and is provided with-areinforcing web 12extending from a centrally. disposed hollow hub 13, to points adjacentthe periphery of the plate. The arms of theweb are bowed outwardly fromthe plate so that the hub 13 will be spaced from the back of the same.

The central portion ofthe plate is cut awayy to provide an elongatedopening 14C.,v g

A license plate, tag, or sign is adapted to be disposed upon the centralportion of the plate and has its edges resting pon marginal flanges 21embracing the opening 14. A frame, generally designatedloyY the numeral22, having an opening 23, is adaptedto be placed in flat contact withtheftag 2O and locked in position. The frame has a marginal bead 24embracing the opening 23 which has a greater thickness than the body ofthe frame.

The plate 10 is provided with ra slot 25 adapted to receive a curved lug26 extending rearwardly from a projection 27 on one end of the frame.The lug has a bent portion 28 adapted to engage the back of the plate`10 frlir securing one end of the frame to the p ate. I

The opposite end of the frame 22 is provided with a lock 30 projectingfrom the rear face of the frame and along that portion of thev beadwhich is opposite to the projecting end 27. As shown more particularlyin Fig. 1, the frame has a projection 3l received within-asimiliarly'ormed portion 32 ofthe v Figure 2 is a plate 10 and the lock30 is secured to the rear tace of such projection. The lock is receivedwithin a socket 33 formed on the rear face of the plate 10 and receivesthe lock. A locking bolt 34, slidably mounted in the lock, is adapted toengage a keeper 35 formed uponthe projecting ,Aend'p31 ot lthetraine-22;` A-ykeyhjole36 is in alignment with an opening 37'in the'projecting end 31 ot the frame 32. A key of suitable type is adaptedturbe, inserted within the lkeyhole 36 for locking or unlocking theframe from the plate 10. T'

A lamp housing, generally designated by the numeral 40 is securedl:tofthe upper end not the plate 10and is removably connected therewith.v.The housing is provided with 4an opening l41 closed by ,transparentmembers 42. 'When itis desired, indicia may be applied to thetransparent member so that when the lamps 43 are illuminated the indicia"will more clearly appear from the housing.

This lamp housing is also provided with an opening 44 at'vitsfunderfacewhich is closed by `a translucent or transparent member 45 so thatlightfrom thelainps 43 will be proected ipon,the tag or sign 2 0.

The rear wall 46 of the housing 40 alongits lower edgeis provided with.a lug 47 adapted .to be received Within a socket 43y formed in the upperportion` of the bead 11.` The opposite wall of .theV housing is providedwith a pair of lugs 49 adapted to be received within sockets 50 formedalongthe upperedgeofthe frame22. A second lamp housing 51 isloca'tedbelow the lower edge ofthe tag 20 and is constructed in asimilar manner to the housing 40. The housing 51 has an opening 52covered with a transparent member 53 so that light rays lfrom theylamps 54 will be directed upon the tag or sign 20. The front wall ofthe housing is provided with an opening 5v5 which'is closed by atransparent or Y, transul'cent member 56 upon which may be applied,indicia as indicated at 57 in Fig. 1.

vThe housing 51 has also a lug 47 adapted to be received within asocket56 formed in the lower'portion of the bead 11 which is-thiekf enedatthis section. Theiop'posite wall of 5() the,hou"sing 51 Ais alsoprovided with a lug 49 adapted to be received within sockets 60 `formedinthe frame 22. l,

Thelamps 43 and 54 are secured to the outer .f tace of the plate 10 andwires 61 extend from the lamps to the hollow hub 13 and along the arms.of the web 12. rlhese wires are brought through the hollow hub andcarried to a source of currentand also to a well known form o :tswitch-for controlling the circuits to the lamp, It will be noted that theinner ends {of'the housingsare open, as shown at 62, tand'these innerends lie in flat contact with the flat' faces of the plate 10. It willbe notedthat the sign, tag, or license .faire @mais Ofth'eknkrdown,construction and may be readily assembled or disassembled through theapplication or the removal of the frame 22. lVhen the frame 22 isremoved the housings 40 and 5l may be easily disposed from theirconnections with the plate 10. It will thus be seen that the frame 22simultaneously locks not only a tag or sign 20 to the plate 10 but alsolocks the housings to said plate. On' the other hand the release of thetrame 22 by operating the lock 30 will likewise not onlyA release thesign or tag but also the housings.

In assembling the tag or sign upon the plate 10 the lugs 47 are slippedinto their respective 'sockets 48 and 56 when the inner edge 62 ofthehousings are placed in flat contact with the outer face ot the plate 10.The tag, sign, or license plate holder is then placed-upon the marginalflange 22 of the plate 10andvthe lug 2G is inserted through the opening25 in the plate 10.` The frame is then lowered `upon the license plateor tag in a swinging'manner when said -lock 3 0 will be receivedwithinthe socket 33. Where the lock is of theV automatic type it is onlynecessary to -move the lock into its socket when the locking bolt 34will be engaged behind the keeper 35. Otherwise it will be necessary toinsert a keywithin appreciated that after the frame 22 is moved to itslocking lposition the members 5,0 ,andO will engage over the lugs49 andinyconnection with thelugs 47 and theirzrespeotive sockets 4S and 56,the housings Will be securely held against movement.

Weclaim: ,l y..

1. A tag or sign'holder 'comprisingv aplate, a frame removably securedto the plate 'and adapted to secure a tag or sign to the vplateagainstunauthorized removal, lamp housings upon opposite sides of theframe, co-.operatingmeans on the frame, plate, and housings, forsimultaneously and removably securing the housings to the plate.

2. A tag or sign holder comprising a plate, a frame removably secured tothe plateand adapted to secure a tax or sign to the plate against unauthorized removal, housings provided with translucent outer facesuponwhich indicia are inscribed relating to the tag or sign, thehousings being located upon'opposite sides of the frame, co-operatingmeans on the frame, plate, and housings for lremovably securing thehousings to the plate.

3. A tag or sign holder comprising a plate, a frame removably secured tothe plate and adapted to secure a tax or sign to the plate againstunauthorized removal, housings provided with translucent outer faces upon which indicia are inscribed relating to the tag or sign, the housingsbeing located upon. opposite sides of the frame, co-operating means onthe frame, plate and housings for removably securing the housings to theplate, and lamps mounted on the plate and enclosed by the housings.

Il. A tag or sign holder comprising a plate, a frame removably securedto the plate and adapted to secure a tag or sign to the plate againstunauthorized removal, housings upon opposite sides of the fra-me, theopposite edges of the plate being provided With grooves, a lug along anedge of each housing adapted to be received within an adj acentlylocated groove, lugs projecting from the opposite edges of each housingand engaged by the frame.

5. A tag or sign holder comprising a plate, a frame, means for removablylocking the frame to the plate, housings removably mounted on the plateat opposite edges of the frame, lamps secured to the plate and enclosedby the housings, said housings having openings, a translucent mediumcovering for each opening, the plate having grooves, said housings beingprovided with lugs, certain of the lugs being received by the grooves,the remaining lugs being engaged by the frame for removably attachingthe housings to the plate.

6. A tag holder adapted to be readily assembled or disassembledcomprising a supporting plate, means for locking a tag on the plateagainstunauthorized removal, lamp housings removably mounted on theplate, means on the housings engaged by the locking means for lockingthe housings to the plate.

7 A tag holder adapted to be readily assembled or disassembledcomprising a supporting means, lamp housings removably mount-ed on thesupporting means, means for simultaneously locking the housings and atag on the plate against unauthorized removal.

JACOB ORESTER. WILLIAM J. GEE.

